Finance and Digital Service

Our Finance and Digital Service provides a cost effective, responsive and accountable service which meets the needs of our customers and ensures the proper stewardship of the Council's funds.

We are committed to working towards providing a service which:

• has a strong customer focus
• is responsive to customer needs
• empowers customers
• is accountable and open
• meets the highest professional standard of service provision

Corporate accounting

We are responsible for:

• budget preparation
• budget monitoring and control
• financial returns
• annual accounts
• professional advice to executive directors
• statutory and financial reporting
• financial and revenue ledger control

Corporate finance and governance

We are responsible for:

• treasury management and capital financing
• corporate risk management and insurance services
• financial systems management administration and development
• rent accounting
• income management
• payment of all suppliers and creditors of the Council

Revenues and benefits

We are responsible for the processing of:

• Housing and Council Tax benefits for residents
• Scottish Welfare Fund Crisis Grants and Community Care Grants
• Council Tax and non-domestic business rates billing and collection
• Recovery of sundry debts and housing benefit overpayments

Information and communications technology (ICT)

• IT systems and applications support
• IT account management
• IT voice and data networks
• IT desktop and education support
• ICT service desk
• IT security and GSX
• Data centre management

Customer Services

• Customer Services
• Web and transformational government